Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "The Drydock - Episode 053" video.

  1. That is very true! However, the smaller & lighter shell is also going to slow a lot quicker in the water and if it's pointed like a normal shell it is likely to tumble as well. Which is why such ships would put their magazines BENEATH the water line. I believe it did once happen to a Cruiser to where a shell made it into a magazine but 1) because it hit the water first the shell flipped over backwards and then penatrated into the magazine & 2) cuz it flipped over backwards the trigger to detonate the shell was never flipped so no explosion & 3) cuz the shell was also followed by a massive amount of water pressure it soaked most of the powder before it COULD explode. I forget what ship it happened to, but I remember Drach talking about it at some time.
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